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Designed extra-tough for extreme conditions, Sprint’s Kyocera DuraPlus will be available to consumers on March 11 for about $69.99 after you sign a two-year contract on Sprint’s Direct Connect PTT network and send in for a $50 rebate. As CNET’s own Brian Bennett reported, the device is designed to meet the U.S. military’s brutal survivability …

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 arrives March 1 on Verizon

Back in January during CES (yeah, with all this Mobile World Congress stuff, it can be hard to remember), Samsung announced its tablet, the Galaxy Tab 7.7. We liked the initial look and feel of the device, and if you’re interested in purchasing one, it will be available this Thursday, March 1, on Verizon’s 4G LTE network. As CNET’s Stephen …

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Nokia adds three devices to its Asha family: The 202, 203, and 302

During Nokia’s Mobile World Congress press conference Sunday night, the phone company announced three new additions to its low-end family of phones: the Asha 202, 203, and 302. The Asha 202 can hold two SIM cards. Nokia The Asha 202 and 203 will come prepackaged with 40 EA games that you can download within 60 days from your first game …

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Mobile World Congress Day 2: What you missed

BARCELONA, Spain–Even though the first day of Mobile World Congress rolled out some nice phones that we’re still talking about, the handsets that debuted the very next day did not fail to impress. While LG, Samsung, and Huawei still had enough tricks up their sleeves to announce more new products, it was Nokia’s unveiling of five phones that took up …

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Nokia unveils Lumia 610 and the 900 goes global

If you’ve already been drooling over Nokia’s Lumia family these past few months, get ready for the manufacturer’s newest addition to the lineup: the Lumia 610. The Nokia Lumia 610 is the fourth Lumia model. Nokia The 610 is aimed toward a younger audience and will be one of the first few phones to run Windows Phone Tango. It will …

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Nokia’s 808 PureView has a whopping 41

Well, it looks like we finally get to know what that vague snow video was all about. A few days ago, Nokia released a 22-second teaser trailer hinting about something so “pure,” it mentioned the word at least three times. Now we know it’s in reference to the manufacturer’s newest device, the 808 PureView. A phone that has so many …

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Muve Music dances its way into the Huawei Ascend II

Muve Music, a music service from Cricket Wireless that impressed us so much that it earned a Best of CES nomination last year, is coming to the Huawei Ascend II. Muve Music is now available on the Huawei Ascend II. Cricket Wireless Muve Music lets you search through thousands of artists and albums available on major U.S. record labels. You …

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LG announces more phones: The Optimus LTE Tag and 3D Cube

With all the new phones being announced from LG, we’re wondering if the company is going to have any surprises left to show at Mobile World Congress. We already heard about the LG 4X HD and the Optimus Vu. But recently, the manufacturer unveiled two more new phones for the South Korean market: the Optimus LTE Tag and the Optimus …

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HTC posts MWC 2012 teaser on Facebook

If you have news that you want to be vague about, Facebook is the perfect platform. Everything from passive-aggressive statuses about your significant other, to pictures of your hair on the floor with the caption, “New look…?” can get thousands of “likes” for no reason. Ambiguous postings like these do get people’s attention, but it’s borderline laz–oh man, did you …

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AT&T to take on Nextel’s walkie

AT&T announced today that it is launching a trial program to test out its enhanced push-to-talk services (PTT), which aims to improve communication between work groups in the mobile field service. AT&T will begin a trial program to test its PTT services. AT&T Selected businesses that employ field agents and dispatchers in industries that include utilities, transportation, and manufacturing, will …

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